TSMC Will Reportedly Move Equipment Into Arizona's Fab21 in Q1 2023 By Mark Tyson published 1 April 22 Mass production plans remain on track for early 2024.
AMD Posts Intel Arc A370M vs. Radeon RX 6500M Benchmarks By Anton Shilov published 1 April 22 AMD claims Radeon RX 6500M beats Intel's A370M by up to two times.
Intel Arc Alchemist GPU Transistor Count and Die Size Allegedly Revealed By Anton Shilov published 31 March 22 Intel's ACM-G10: larger than Nvidia's G104, smaller than Navi 21.
Twelve PlayStation 5 APUs Power ASRock’s New Cryptomining Rig By Mark Tyson published 29 March 22 ASRock purportedly worked closely with AMD on this server design and it can achieve 610 MH/s. However, it costs $14,800 as the ETH blockchain transition away from GPU mining looms.
Nvidia RTX 4080/4090's Power-Hungry PCB Design Allegedly Detailed By Anton Shilov published 25 March 22 Nvidia's next-generation GeForce RTX 4080/4090 graphics cards could reuse GeForce RTX 3090 Ti PCBs.
China's Fenghua No.1 GPU Gains Certification as RTX 3060 Rival By Mark Tyson published 25 March 22 Described as a 4K-class chip, this GPU is claimed to match the GeForce RTX 3060 by some metrics.
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti to Ship With Triple 8-Pin Power Adapter By Anton Shilov published 24 March 22 GeForce RTX 3090 Ti with 12VHPWR will be compatible with existing power supplies.
TSMC to Boost 4nm & 5nm Output by 25%: Ada Lovelace, Hopper, RDNA 3, Zen 4 By Anton Shilov published 24 March 22 As Apple, AMD, Nvidia, and MediaTek ramp up their N5 orders, TSMC needs more capacity.
Nvidia GPU Upgraders Are Paying $300 More Than Previous Gen Cards By Mark Tyson published 23 March 22 Despite the boasts, Nvidia's shares have has a lack luster week. Perhaps investors predict and fear another crypto boom to bust cycle will cause a GPU glut in 2022.
Nvidia Ada Lovelace GPUs Appear in HWiNFO Release Notes By Mark Tyson published 22 March 22 The HWiNFO release notes mention upcoming Ada GeForce RTX 40-destined GPUs, and also reference Hopper GPUs, and perhaps even Nvidia Blackwell GPUs.
Noctua Confirms Further Asus Graphics Card Collaboration By Mark Tyson published 22 March 22 Could the next Asus x Noctua graphics card be an AMD Radeon? We also ponder the likelihood it might be a next-gen RTX 40 or RX 7000 series GPU.
Yeston Launches Sakura Hitomi RX 6500 XT GPU By Mark Tyson published 21 March 22 If previous Yeston Sakura Hitomi GPUs were over budget, collectors and fans can now seek out this beautifully customized AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT to satisfy their cravings.
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Selling at 35% Below MSRP in Germany By Mark Tyson published 20 March 22 The rapid price decline for of this little RDNA2 GPU for desktops is something of a special case, but also a sign of things to come for the wider market.
AMD Job Posting Hints at Embedded RISC-V CPUs By Anton Shilov published 18 March 22 Radeon Technologies Group is hiring RISC-V specialist.
First Intel Arc-Based Laptop Listed, Pulled By Anton Shilov published 17 March 22 Samsung offers Galaxy Book 2 Pro with Alder Lake CPU and standalone Arc GPU.
Intel Arc DG2MB Listing Hints at High-End AIO or NUC Device By Mark Tyson published 17 March 22 Intel DG2 refers to Arc Alchemist graphics parts using the Xe HPG architecture. The package info and 'MB' suffix suggests the DG2MB might be an SFF, AiO or laptop reference design motherboard.
Nvidia Unveils Big Accelerator Memory: Solid-State Storage for GPUs By Anton Shilov published 15 March 22 Nvidia teams up with IBM to attach solid-state storage to GPUs — not the first time this sort of idea has appeared.
Intel Arc A-Series GPUs to Launch on March 30 By Mark Tyson published 15 March 22 Intel's Lisa Pearce revealed the date in a community blog post. She also shared some quite clear performance indications, as well as some info on Project Endgame.
Arm Owner Prepares for up to 15% Staff Layoffs in IPO Preparations By Anton Shilov published 15 March 22 SoftBank to reduce Arm headcount by 15%, a report says.
Acer Swift X 16 Laptop With Intel Arc GPU Costs $1249, Arrives in June By Mark Tyson published 14 March 22 Acer's Swift X laptops move from AMD to Intel CPUs in 2022, but the most interesting change is the Intel Arc GPU in the 16 inch model. Will they be worth the $250 price hike?